The Future of Pepperdine Golf

This initiative will take our golf teams to the next level, solidify our place among the nation's elite programs, and establish Pepperdine as the golf capital of collegiate sports.

The extraordinary success of Pepperdine University’s golf teams has been fueled by the talent and tenacity of our student-athletes along with the visionary leadership of our dynamic coaches. As representatives of a smaller college competing in NCAA Division I against a host of traditional powerhouse programs in the SEC, Big 12, and Pac-12, our golf teams consistently exceed expectations despite limited budget resources for recruitment and facility upgrades. With additional support from devoted fans like you, these gifted athletes can extend their success even further down the course.

Reimagining Campus Facilities

Standing at a crossroads of opportunity, the University has launched an ambitious $12 million initiative to take our teams to the next level, solidify our place among the nation's elite programs, and establish Pepperdine as the golf capital of collegiate sports. A major investment in Pepperdine golf will energize our programs with critical resources, enable significant upgrades to current campus facilities, and pave the way for an 8,000 square foot Waves Clubhouse featuring state-of-the-art indoor practice equipment, meeting spaces, and direct access to existing student-athlete resources in the Runnels Sports and Recreation Village.

The construction of meeting rooms, coaching offices, locker areas, and social gathering spaces within a Pepperdine Clubhouse will create a new campus home and center of golf operations for our players and coaches—a place for strategizing, team building, celebrating accomplishments, and welcoming Waves golf alumni and friends.

• The Pepperdine Waves Clubhouse will include two team-branded locker rooms, each designed to accommodate more than 10 lockers with shower and restroom facilities, a training area for the players with four hitting bays featuring TrackMan simulation software, and a putting lab featuring Puttview tracking and feedback technology. Coaching offices, a spacious meeting room, a large lounge area including televisions, a shared kitchenette, game tables, and flexible seating for dining, studying, and recreation will create a welcoming space for our athletes to relax and unwind in community with one another. 

Reenergizing Practice

The on-campus enhancements slated for Firestone Fieldhouse will transform the training and practice routines of our student-athletes. Currently our teams schedule time at local courses—traveling up to an hour to and from practice destinations—and spend hours working on stroke fundamentals and mechanics at off-campus venues in the surrounding area. Dedicated campus facilities will allow our players to more fully engage in community activities on campus, foster a greater connection between our athletes’ fellow classmates and the golf teams, and provide our coaches with a phenomenal setting for recruitment.

The putting green upgrades made in Alumni Park have already doubled the available practice space on campus. Those improvements included leveling surfaces, removing select trees, relocating boulders, and replacing the previous greens with Santa Ana Bermuda grass—the standard for warm-weather golf courses around the world. With newly remodeled practice areas on campus, we have already begun to make important facility improvements that will promote game-changing golf performance opportunities and enrich team experiences.

Pepperdine golf is poised for a tidal wave of growth and accomplishment in the coming years. Your support is vital as we come together to strengthen resources for our teams and invest in the potential of our student-athletes and the leadership of our coaches.

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